It makes sense to think that paying extra on your mortgage would be a wise financial move. After all, a larger monthly mortgage payment helps to reduce your household’s looming debt. Most people consider extra mortgage payments to be a wise investment. But, they don’t realize that they c...
Bob Waterstripe
WATCH 60 Minutes: The Mortgage Meltdown Even if the bottleneck clears it'll take years to get them back on the market says Kyle Lundstedt whose firmLPS Applied Analyticstracks mortgages and discovered this massive number of homes in foreclosure limbo. It's these 4 million homes that could spel...
I know plenty of Harvard graduates who end updoing the exact same thing everybody else is doing. In such cases, their Harvard education is a relative waste. The world is now a hyper competitive place. Even if your child is “perfect,” s/he will have a difficult time getting ahead. Th...
our furnace and our air conditioning unit—all in the same week. All it took was a few days to completely wipe out ouremergency fund. This created a liquidity crunch we had to manage for a few months, but that's not the same as living in a constant state of terror about paying all...
Do you want to buy the item because it will truly add to your life, or are you trying to impress someone else? Before you purchase something, give it some serious consideration. b. Do I need this item to get through the day? If you answered no, then the purchase can wait, and perh...
the policy she had paid into was null and void. Without that assistance, Ramsey has not been able to repair their home to livability. She also couldn’t afford to move, even if she wanted to. So she’s forced to choose between paying her monthly mortgage and fixing the house. The fami...
Just stop paying your mortgageBy Peter Schiff